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Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Many Americans Feel ‘Stuck in a Rut’ as Economy Improves, But Inequality Grows

Updated: March 24 2011,
Author: barrel jason
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Budgeting, Business Cycles, Distribution of Income, Economic Development, Economic Systems, Financial Markets
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As part of his continuing coverage of Making Sen$e of economic news, Paul Solman examines the struggles to close the widening U.S. inequality gap, even as the economy improves.

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